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    How damaging is water to your guitar?

    So I was going through my facebook when this post popped up. It's a video that sort of went viral on the site that shows a man "cleaning" his guitar buy repeatedly pouring water down its body and neck through the electronics and what not. Although the whole video and the thought of pouring so...
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    Ovation DJ Ashba or Fender CD 280SCE?

    Hi i am in process of buying my second acoustic guitar.... Been playing all sorts or music for the past four years, mostly play rock and a bit of fingerpicking too.... Narrowed down to the following to models... Both cost around INR 26000 ($420) in a local store.... The Ovation DJ Ashba, looks...
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    Is the Boss OD 3 transparent enough?

    Hi guys... I have a digitech bad monkey which I use as a boost for my tube amp's crunch channel, and it does great... I also play it over the clean channel sometimes but do not like the tone coming outta it coz it doesn't sound transparent enough for me.. I have heard that's a similar case for...
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    Could 10-11V (unregulated AC adapter) harm a 9V pedal?

    Hey guys is it safe to run unregulated DC adapters to your pedals? I run my pedals with a few of these rated 9V at 500mA but since the pedals hardly draw that much current, the loaded voltage is a roundabout 10-11 Volts... Could that extra 1-2 volts be harmful for the pedals in the long run?
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    Neck PU hiss... Help!

    Re: Neck PU hiss... Help! Man I'm an absolute lay man when it comes to guitar electronics... I don't know what you meant by the "solder joints for ground" however if you tell me what it is, I'll be glad to provide pics... Anyways idk if this will help or not but here's a pic of the neck...
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    Neck PU hiss... Help!

    Re: Neck PU hiss... Help! First of all, a happy new year to everyone reading this post... have a good time ahead!! Coming back to the problem, I opened up the guitar cavity and turns out it is not shielded... however, the cover plate is covered with a conductor coat on the inside.. With a...
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    Neck PU hiss... Help!

    Hey guys I installed a Duncan Full Shred bridge on the neck position a month ago... A week ago I got a Blackstar HT5 my first tube amp Tonight when I was playing thru it, I got a noise, the characteristic hiss when the neck PU was being played with... On switching to the Bridge pickup, a Duncan...
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    Full shred bridge in neck position..

    Re: Full shred bridge in neck position.. Hey guys I got the pickups installed and I have to admit, I'm duly impressed by the full shred in the neck position... its performing according to my expectations... moreover, when I switch from neck to bridge, the volume doesn't lower down so no...
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    Full shred bridge in neck position..

    Hi guys, I just got my self a Duncan sh10b full shred bridge along with a Duncan distortion bridge I plan to install the DD in the bridge position My query is that how would the FSb sound in the neck position? I prefer a fat, tight, bubbly and articulate tone , specially under high gain and...
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    Seymour Duncan's supply in India??

    You guys should seriously look into your stock and supplier in India.... None of the metropolitan city stores or online companies are stocking your pickups (unless they are of an older stock) and the supplier mentioned on your website doesn't cooperate, they keep on saying Duncans won't be...
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    Which Bridge Pickup to buy?

    I have a Samick Greg Bennett Avion AV3 (Les Paul body, same make except tonally sucky pickups)... I've been playing this guitar for the past 10 months and am thinking of upgrading its pickups.. I am mostly into hard rock, blues rock and shred metal... For the neck puickup, I'm going with...
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